{"id":3509,"date":"2026-01-04T20:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/3509\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T20:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:09:08","slug":"pm-abiy-highlights-ethio-djibouti-railway-as-key-to-strengthening-national-logistics-ena-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/3509\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Abiy Highlights Ethio\u2013Djibouti Railway as Key to Strengthening National Logistics &#8211; ENA English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin-bottom:11px\">January 4, 2026 (ENA)\u2014Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited the Ethio\u2013Djibouti Railway Corporation today, emphasizing the railway\u2019s pivotal role in enhancing the country\u2019s operational capacity and supporting Ethiopia\u2019s ambitious development goals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin-bottom:11px\">During the visit, the Prime Minister noted that as Ethiopia\u2019s economy grows, logistics continues to be a major factor influencing sustained development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin-bottom:11px\">\n<p>                 <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/611654204_1489185862564189_6364365267956201065_n-jpg.jpeg\"\/>\n                <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin-bottom:11px\">\u00a0He praised the railway\u2019s progress in domestic construction efforts, highlighting how it reflects a commitment to building local expertise, boosting efficiency, and ensuring long-term sustainability within the transport sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin-bottom:11px\">\u201cLogistics is a complex system that includes everything from ports to railways, highways, transport services, and storage facilities,\u201d PM Abiy explained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin-bottom:11px\">\n<p>                 <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/611644906_1489185845897524_6647979606784996896_n-jpg.jpeg\"\/>\n                <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin-bottom:11px\">\u00a0He added that significant strides are already being made in areas under national control, including dry ports, railway upgrades, highways, and warehouse projects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin-bottom:11px\">\n<p>                 <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/611751311_1489186309230811_2273062950650387707_n-jpg.jpeg\"\/><br \/>\n                <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin-bottom:11px\">The Prime Minister stressed that tackling these logistical challenges in a coordinated way will be crucial to removing bottlenecks and strengthening the foundation for Ethiopia\u2019s broader economic growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"January 4, 2026 (ENA)\u2014Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited the Ethio\u2013Djibouti Railway Corporation today, emphasizing the railway\u2019s pivotal role&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[262,65,305],"class_list":{"0":"post-3509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ethiopia","8":"tag-economy","9":"tag-ethiopia","10":"tag-featured"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}